[citation needed] The flooding started with rains on September 14, 2007 local time.

Over 14 countries had been affected in the continent of Africa, 250 people were reported to have been killed and 1.5 million were otherwise impacted.

The UN had issued warnings of water borne diseases and locust infestations.

In the Afar Region, the Awash River flooded caused a dam to collapse.

Eighteen people were reported dead and 500 residences were washed away by floods.